Sleep Easy
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Dudley
Challenge
Sleep Easy
Sleep Easy is a fundraising challenge event asking you to spend one night sleeping rough, all to raise vital funds to help tackle the root causes of youth homelessness.
You will receive two cardboard boxes to create your shelter for the night and although this isn’t a true reflection of how homeless people live, we hope to give an insight into how it feels to not have a safe place to call home.
Last year alone our emergency Nightstop service has provided more than 1500 beds, and has had to turn young people away due to the increase in referrals.
Time
Starts 19:00PM
Date
27 February 2026
Minimum sponsorship: £100
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Homelessness isn't going away overnight, but with your help we can reduce the statistics
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young people across england and wales declared homeless everyday
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young people in the UK between the ages of 16 and 24 were reported as homeless or at risk of homelessness between April 2022 and March 2023
Where does the money go?
100% of all money raised through Sleep Easy goes towards helping our vulnerable young people move forward positively in their lives.
Like Poppy, who needed an extra hand when moving on from YMCA, into their own independent housing.
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“Sleep Easy is an ironic name for the event… I barely slept at all but thoroughly enjoyed it!
Despite knowing I’m safe and looked after by the YMCA staff, when it’s dark and quiet at 4am, you really get a sense of how vulnerable you are with just a box and a blanket for protection. I’m glad to have taken part, YMCA do amazing work and I’m pleased to have played a small part in raising money for their work to continue.”
Richard, participant 2023
How can we help
Together, as the YMCA federation in England and Wales, we focus our work around the following key areas of work.
